Shorty is a nickname which may refer to:
Joseph Armone (1917–1992), New York City gangster
Shorty Baker (1914–1966), American jazz trumpeter
Shorty Barr (1897–1957), American National Football League player and player-coach
Shorty Cantlon (1904–1947), American race car driver
Gordon Carpenter (1919–1988), American basketball player
Shorty Castro (1928–2018), Puerto Rican comedian, actor, and musician
George V. Chalmers (1907–1984), American college football, basketball and baseball player
Allen Daniels (born 1959), former Australian rules footballer
Shorty Dee (1889–1971), Canadian baseball shortstop
Paul Des Jardien (1893–1956), American football, baseball and basketball player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Shorty Ellsworth (1881–1963), American football player and coach
Shorty Elness (1906–1965), American football player
Shorty Fuller (1867–1904), American Major League Baseball player
Shorty Gallagher (1872–1924), baseball player
Shorty Green (1896–1960), Canadian National Hockey League player
Shorty Hamilton (1879–1925), American silent film actor and comedian
Shorty Hogue, middleweight boxer in the 1940s
George Horne (ice hockey) (1904–1929), Canadian National Hockey League player
Shorty Howe, a baseball player
Shorty Hughes (1922–2003), American football coach
Shorty Jenkins (1935–2013), ice technician in the sport of curling
Vernon Keogh (1911–1941), American World War II fighter pilot
Shorty Long (1940–1969), American soul singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Frank Longman (1882–1928), American college football player and coach
Shorty Mack (born 1981), producer, rapper, and actor
Shorty McMillan (1890–1964), American football quarterback for the University of Michigan
Shorty McWilliams (1926–1997), American football player
Shorty Medlocke (1912–1982), American delta blues and hard rock musician and composer
Shorty Miller (1890–1966), American football quarterback for Penn State, member of the College Hall of Fame
Frank Moniz (1911–2004), American soccer player
Shorty Price (1921–1980), American attorney and perennial political candidate
Clyde Propst (1898–1959), American college football coach
Shorty Ransom (1898–1959), American football coach and college athletics administrator
Hugh "Shorty" Ray (1884–1956), longtime Supervisor of Officials for the National Football League, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
George Redding (1900–1974), Canadian National Hockey League player
Shorty Rogers (1924–1994), American musician and arranger, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz
Shorty Rollins (1929–1998), American race car driver
Shorty Rossi (born 1969), American actor and star of the reality TV series Pit Boss
Shorty Sherock (1915–1980), American swing jazz trumpeter
Rob Short (born 1972), field hockey player for Canada
Jimmy Slagle (1873–1956), American Major League Baseball player
Shorty Templeman (1919–1962), American racecar driver
Shorty Lungkata Tjungurayyi (1920–1987), artist
George Williams (basketball) (1899–1961), American basketball player in the 1920s
Irvin Yeaworth (1926–2004), German-born American film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder